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A serial cat killer who dismembers his victims may be doing it for a sexual kick, it has been revealed.

Previously known as the Croydon cat killer because of the proximity to the South London town of the earlier victims, another two headless bodies have been found in Surrey.

They were discovered within 24 hours of one another and the death toll is now estimated to be well over 200.

The South Norwood Animal Rescue and Liberty Charity, which collects the corpses, has noticed patterns and says that he’s now killing three or four a week.

Tony Jenkins, co-founder of the group, said: ‘We think he gets off on putting the animals on display, preferably under the bedroom windows.

‘Worryingly, we’ve even had a few put next to school playgrounds where little children would be.

‘It looks like he kills them with blunt force trauma, waits for half an hour for the blood to stop circulating then cuts their heads off.’

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Some of the many places where the cat killer struck

Many of the cuts are ‘surgical’ but some are ‘more rushed’ and it is possible that the cat killer has even performed some of the beheadings on the owners’ property.

He added: ‘We started our investigation in September 2015. Since then we’ve collected about 180 bodies, all with similar wounds – their head or tail cut off, or both, some have had their front paws or back paws cut off, some have literally been cut in half.’

Speaking about the recent discoveries, the charity said ‘We attended the scene of a cat found dead in Godalming and his injuries were an exact match to those seen on other victims of the M25 animal killer.

‘We have brought his body back to London for post-mortem. We would like to thank his family for allowing us to do this. Our thoughts are with them tonight. May he rest in peace.’

The dead cats all bear the same hallmark – a combination of decapitation, removal of the tail or removal of paws. It is believed that these could be some kind of trophy for the killer.